Stupid weight loss advice

[Ginger Snaps 1,323]

Increasing your thyroid med is very dangerous -- one side effect of hyperthyroidism (which is what you're putting your body into) is heart damage... Being hyperthyroid puts a lot of stress on the heart.

[Fiddleman 4,376]

I've gotten a couple stupid pieces of advice: A friend recently, who is hypothyroid, mentioned she might take more than the usual dose of levothyroxine to speed up her metabolism, and I warned her not to do that as it could actually cause more issues with the thyroid (I'd actually rate this under the "dangerous" category, if there was one). The VA MOVE program told us to "eat less, exercise more" (because we've never heard this before, anywhere) and to "take the stairs at work" (look, if you're pushing 300 lbs and you take the stairs once or twice a day, it won't help, sorry. What might help is 30+ minutes per day, 4+ days per week on stairs, at your target heart rate, and not a minute less).

The stair idea is actually a good one. Back during one summer quarter in college (many years ago), I decided I was going to take the stair every day when I came back from classes to lose some weight and attract a girl. If I recall accurately, my room was on level 12. Anyways, so I took the stairs every day and it was hard every single time being around 300 #. However, by the end of the summer, I had lost 60 # from this stair climbing and eating a little better. And my legs were solid! I guess you could say that was at least once a day, sometimes more, for about 3 months. Take the stairs! Today, I still like taking the stairs, when I can, because they are more fun. There are different things you can do on stairs like 2 at a time, run, bounce, sprint, etc.

[moonlitestarbrite 902]

@moonlitestarbrite ...same here...my husband has cut out his carbonated beverages, along with me, and lost 20 pounds without even trying!!! He has/had a bit of a tummy, but not overweight... life is so unfair sometimes

pleeeeeze girl... we weighed the same when we met, 160. he is 6'2". i am 5'2". he would complain to me... "i am at 175." waaaaa, waaa, waaaaa... i wanted to smack him, since i knew i was pushing 200. then i got up to my high weight 235 and he went gluten free (for health reasons) and lost 20 pounds in 2 weeks....

[Writerjennifer 107]

I cut out soda (regular and diet) several years ago. It didn't do a thing for me. (I was doubtful it would, considering I was already severely overweight).

my husband cut out soda pop and lost 17 pounds. but he's a guy. (and not seriously overweight)

Years ago I switched from regular soda to diet and lest 10 pounds. It was a loss, but so minor it realy didn't make a dent.

I cut out diet soda (and all imitation sugar (migraine triggers)) and ended up gaining 10 pounds. Small changes can make small adjustments. But the change has to be something you can do forever, not just till you reach your goal weight.

[hermione394 5]

I was once told that if I ate this cabbage Soup all day EVERYDAY I'd lose 50 pounds..

I was told by someone who was sitting there eating a poptart.

[moonlitestarbrite 902]

I was once told that if I ate this cabbage Soup all day EVERYDAY I'd lose 50 pounds.. I was told by someone who was sitting there eating a poptart.

well, its probably true. lol

[highdesertblue 70]

My husband and I both got referred to a kidney specialist because of blood tests that were a little "off." The doctor spent the entire visits telling us about how wonderful it is to cook in a crockpot, and how it is the best way to lose weight. Same conversation at every visit. We stopped seeing her. A few months later, my husband was diagnosed with kidney cancer by another doctor. Maybe if she hadn't been so obsessed with crockpot cooking...

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

Funny thread.

Sad thread.

[Bryan Graeve 50]

Oh dear God... I have a very vivid imagination and now I need brain bleach...

Someone once told me to soak cotton balls in orange juice and swallow them. That the cotton balls would taste yummy going down, sit in my stomach like fluffy food and keep me full forever and I would never be hungry and I would lose tons of weight, super fast! Yeah... Riiight!

ROFL. That's a new one!

[Natasha Estrada 36]

Have any of you seen Freelee the banana girl's videos. She recommends you to eat 30 bananas a day and to carb the F up

Check it out on youtube it's crazy funny in a bad way.

[kyrickchick64 468]

Actually, new research plus old research that was buried for many years says your mom is right. It's the carbs, not the fat. Take a look at Gary Taub's books Good Carbs Bad Carbs or Why We Get Fat. Journalistic discovery of all the research and studies over the years that did not agree with the low fat bandwagon. Nations around the world (like Sweden) are revising their nutritional guidelines as we speak.

I was low fat for decades, did nothing to keep me from gaining weight. Now I eat all the heavy cream and butter I want but keep my carbs very low and I maintain my weight very easily. Not to sound preachy, but the world is a-changing and everything we took for granted about nutrition since the 60's is being turned on its head.

The only time I ever lost any weight was on Atkins. I was what failed not the diet. I started eating refined foods again.

[Trace Lynne 95]

A former doctor told me "if you would just stop eating so much food, you would lose weight." Are you kidding me?

This was back in college. At that point I was eating between 1200 and 1500 calories a day, exercising like crazy, and walking to all of my classes on campus. I was about 100 lbs overweight at that point. And they had me on the depo shot for birthcontrol... I gained almost 20 lbs/year while I was on the depo shot, but the doc was saying it had nothing to do with being on the depo shot.

I was diagnosed with PCOS after I graduated from college and was at my first full-time job.

[JerseyCityGal 231]

Years ago, a woman I worked with, told me to drink ice Water because is increases your metabolism by your body warming it up. WTF?

This happens to be true.

Your body expends energy/calories when it warms the ice Water up to body temperature in order to digest it.

[B-52 7,113]

"Eat More to Loose More"....Sorry, but how do you think I got fat in the first place?

[B-52 7,113]

This happens to be true.

Your body expends energy/calories when it warms the ice Water up to body temperature in order to digest it.

Is true, in theory....but one will loose more weight in the winter because your body burns more calories keeping you warm